Chapter 1127: Silence
When he hit it, he immediately shook his head. Due to the fact that he had often crashed into trees while traveling without any danger, he now recovered immediately and was able to avoid any injuries due to such a collision.
As it rose to its feet, it immediately charged forward.
— Get ready! Su Xiao shouted, and when a somewhat bewildered Bubtney saw Su Xiao rushing towards him, he immediately strained his muscles.
*Pum!*
Su Xiao kicked Bubtney's butt. This punch wasn't very strong and only gave Bubtni a bit of momentum to accelerate.
*Click-click-click...*
The sound of shattering crystals rang out endlessly from behind the group, and this sound was getting closer and closer to the group by the moment.
Amu, who was bringing up the rear, was running faster and faster as the back of his body started to smoke.
Maha, holding Alluka in his arms, was the first to enter the turn, but almost immediately after that he braked, which caused crystal fragments to fly in front of him.
When Su Xiao ran around the corner, all he saw was pink and red..
— Shhh, " Maha motioned for everyone to keep quiet and started walking quickly, trying not to make any noise.
They were now in a normal cave. It was about five to six meters high, and its area was about a thousand square meters.
Su Xiao and everyone else tried not to make too much noise when they entered the cave, even Amu.
The unusual ash soon reached the entrance of this cave, but the strange thing was that it did not fly into it. It was as if some invisible barrier prevented him from flying in.
After realizing that they were safe for now, Su Xiao started to look around the cave.
Hundreds of cone-shaped stalactites were arranged on the floor of the cave. They were all pink, and there were large pink tentacles hanging from the ceiling of the cave. There were a lot of them and mostly they hung down in groups at once.
These tentacles covered most of the cave.
They were more like the root system of a plant. Each tentacle was about the thickness of a finger, was translucent, soft in texture, and sometimes they fluttered in the wind, just like willow branches.
Pink liquid trickled down the tentacles and onto the stalactites below. They were formed in this way.
The entire cave was filled with a sweet smell, so sweet that it made one feel sick.
Su Xiao pointed at the tentacles and looked at Maha, clearly wanting to ask what it was.
Maha again indicated that they should have been silent, and pointing to the tentacles, showed a cross, probably meaning that they should not have heard a sound and obviously they should not have touched them.
And since his answer didn't satisfy Su Xiao's curiosity, he took out a mechanical eye from his inventory.
[Check...]
[The target is a creature and a plant at the same time, check...]
[The decision has been made, and you will get 82% of the information about the goal.]
[Burnt-out tree.
Type: Plant-animal.
Health: 100%
Mana: Missing.
Power: 21.
Dexterity: 86.
Durability: 83.
Intelligence: 13.
Charisma: 5.
Skill 1: Powerful Paralyzing Toxin (Level 40; Active). The tentacles of a burnt tree can release a powerful paralyzing toxin.
Skill 2: Independent Consciousness (Level 20; Passive). When a Burnt Tree is in the form of a plant, it takes on a collective consciousness. When it is in biological form, it acquires an individual independent consciousness.
Skill 3: Photosynthetic Decomposition (Level 36; Passive). If the tentacles of the Burnt Tree envelop the target, the evaluation mechanism will be triggered. In case the assessment fails, the target will be decomposed and converted to nutrients.
Reminder: If the goal is paralyzed, the evaluation will automatically be considered failed.
Skill 4: Sound Sensitivity (Level 38; Passive). The burnt tree in its two forms is sensitive to sound, so it can accurately determine the location of its prey..
Skill 5: ???
Skill 6: ???]
Su Xiao frowned. This plant, or creature, was a very unpleasant opponent.
To move forward, just not making a sound was not enough.
To do this, it was necessary to deal with this creature.
This entire cave was occupied by the creature's tentacles. There were tentacles on top, and large stalactites on the ground.
Su Xiao took out an iron rod from the inventory and gently touched the liquid on the ground.
*Sh-sh-sh-sh~*
The pink liquid immediately began to eat away at him right in front of his eyes.
The hissing sound wasn't loud, but the pink tentacles nearby began to curl up.
When Su Xiao noticed this, he immediately threw the rod.
When it hit the ground, it was immediately entangled by pink tentacles and completely enveloped in it.
Two seconds later, the iron rod looked like chewed sugar cane.
After that, the tentacles tried to find some more food nearby, and when they couldn't find anything, they curled up and went back to hibernation.
*Gulp~*
Killua swallowed hard. He felt that if he was wrapped in these tentacles, he wouldn't even have any bones left in the end.
According to Maha, he has never been able to go further than this place. As for how he came back, then he said the following: "The same way I came».
Although the crystal cave has collapsed, it will recover completely in time. On average, it took about a week. While the crater was shrouded in ash, the crystals slowly recovered and put the destroyed entrance in order, and the liquid that came out of these tentacles also helped with the restoration..
The last time Maha came here, he was locked up here for a whole month.
Fortunately, he had brought enough food with him back then.
Maha took out a notebook from his large backpack and handed it to Su Xiao, then motioned for him to flip through it.
When he opened the notebook, he realized that it contained notes on the account of this place.
And when he left this place for the last time, he was able to take a piece of the tentacle of this "Burnt Tree" with him.».
«These creatures have three weaknesses.
They are afraid of fire. It's more of an instinctive fear, but the fire doesn't really pose much of a threat to these tentacles.
They are afraid of the light. When the light hits, the tentacles begin to wriggle and try to get away from the light source, after which they attack it in a large group.
They are afraid of sharp weapons. Blunt weapons are almost ineffective against tentacles, but sharp weapons show excellent results against them.».
After seeing the third weakness, Su Xiao understood why Maha had decided to hire him so quickly.
Putting aside his obvious disbelief, paying in the form of 8 large soul crystals was already something abnormal.
Before they had come here, Su Xiao had thought that Maha would have tried to kill him at any moment and take some of the payment, but now the probability of his betrayal was significantly reduced.
Maha did not know what was waiting for them next, because in all his expeditions he could not go further, which indicated the considerable danger of this place, and he needed its strength.
Su Xiao pointed at Maha, then at the Dragon Flash in the scabbard, and finally nodded towards Amu and waved his hand.
After Maha thought for a while, he finally nodded.
Su Xiao wanted to attract Burnt Tree's attention and open the way for the others. During that time, they would obviously need to stay away from him and wait for the right moment.
When Su Xiao stepped forward a little, Amu and the rest of the group retreated to the very beginning of the cave and waited.
Maha stood near the entrance and watched the cave intently.
As soon as he sees a suitable opportunity, he will immediately signal the Amu and he will begin to transfer the others.
Given the number of tentacles, it was impossible to destroy this "Burnt Tree" in one sitting, unless of course they used some forbidden weapon, but now they were in a volcano, so it was stupid to use something like this.
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